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How I Became Russian (2019)

How I Became Russian poster
Original title
Как я стал русским
Directed by
Xia Hao, Akaki Sahelashvili
Genre
comedy film
Country
People's Republic of China
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
16+
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Chinese man travels to Russia to win the approval of his girlfriend's tough father. He must complete a series of challenges set by the father to prove he is worthy of marriage.

romanticlightheartedfast-pacedamusingcultural-clashwarmsillyfeel-good

What happens

How I Became Russian (Chinese: 战斗民族养成记; Russian: Как я стал русским) is a 2019 Chinese-Russian romantic comedy film directed by Xia Hao and Akaki Sakhelashvili, written by Andrey Zolotarev and Lei Guanglin, and starring Dong Chang, Vitaliy Khaev, Elizaveta Kononowa, and Sergey Chirkov. The film is an adaptation of the 2015 Russian comedy television series of the same name. The film premiered in Russia on 17 January 2019, and opened in China on 24 January 2019. The film follows a young Chinese man named Peng Peng as he tries to win the right to marry the Russian woman he fell in love with by overcoming trials that his would-be father-in-law creates for him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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